[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":200},["ShallowReactive",2],{"inpage-kdp-cover-calculator":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":192,"extension":193,"meta":194,"navigation":195,"path":196,"seo":197,"stem":198,"__hash__":199},"content\u002Finpage\u002Fkdp-cover-calculator.md","KDP Cover Calculator",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":183},"minimark",[9,14,23,27,49,100,104,119,123,162,166,169],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"free-kdp-cover-size-calculator","Free KDP Cover Size Calculator",[15,16,17,18,22],"p",{},"Enter your trim size, page count and paper type to get the exact ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"full-wrap cover size for an Amazon KDP paperback",", including bleed and spine width. Then download a template that shows the bleed, trim lines, spine folds, safe areas and barcode space, and design your cover on top of it in Canva, Photoshop, Affinity or InDesign.",[10,24,26],{"id":25},"the-kdp-cover-formula","The KDP Cover Formula",[28,29,30,37,43],"ul",{},[31,32,33,36],"li",{},[19,34,35],{},"Cover width"," = 0.125\" bleed + trim width (back) + spine width + trim width (front) + 0.125\" bleed",[31,38,39,42],{},[19,40,41],{},"Cover height"," = 0.125\" bleed + trim height + 0.125\" bleed",[31,44,45,48],{},[19,46,47],{},"Spine width"," = page count × paper thickness",[50,51,52,65],"table",{},[53,54,55],"thead",{},[56,57,58,62],"tr",{},[59,60,61],"th",{},"Ink and paper",[59,63,64],{},"Thickness per page",[66,67,68,77,85,92],"tbody",{},[56,69,70,74],{},[71,72,73],"td",{},"Black ink, white paper",[71,75,76],{},"0.002252\" (0.0572 mm)",[56,78,79,82],{},[71,80,81],{},"Black ink, cream paper",[71,83,84],{},"0.0025\" (0.0635 mm)",[56,86,87,90],{},[71,88,89],{},"Standard color, white paper",[71,91,76],{},[56,93,94,97],{},[71,95,96],{},"Premium color, white paper",[71,98,99],{},"0.002347\" (0.0596 mm)",[10,101,103],{"id":102},"example-6-x-9-book-with-300-pages","Example: 6 x 9 Book With 300 Pages",[15,105,106,107,110,111,114,115,118],{},"On white paper the spine is 300 × 0.002252 = ",[19,108,109],{},"0.676\"",". The full cover is 0.125 + 6 + 0.676 + 6 + 0.125 = ",[19,112,113],{},"12.926\" wide"," by 9 + 0.25 = ",[19,116,117],{},"9.25\" tall",". At 300 DPI that's 3,878 × 2,775 pixels. On cream paper the spine grows to 0.75\".",[10,120,122],{"id":121},"kdp-cover-requirements","KDP Cover Requirements",[124,125,126,132,138,144,150,156],"ol",{},[31,127,128,131],{},[19,129,130],{},"One PDF page"," with the back cover, spine and front cover together.",[31,133,134,137],{},[19,135,136],{},"300 DPI"," minimum for images, in CMYK.",[31,139,140,143],{},[19,141,142],{},"All fonts embedded",", transparencies flattened, and no crop marks or template guides.",[31,145,146,149],{},[19,147,148],{},"Text at least 0.125\" inside the trim",", and at least 7 pt.",[31,151,152,155],{},[19,153,154],{},"Spine text only for books with 79 pages or more",", with 0.0625\" clearance from each spine edge.",[31,157,158,161],{},[19,159,160],{},"No password or encryption",", and ideally under 40 MB (650 MB maximum).",[10,163,165],{"id":164},"check-your-cover-before-you-upload","Check Your Cover Before You Upload",[15,167,168],{},"KDP only finds cover problems after you upload and wait for the previewer. Run your finished PDF through the cover check above first. It catches the most common rejections: a missing bleed, a spine built for the wrong page count, fonts that aren't embedded and low-resolution images.",[15,170,171,172,177,178,182],{},"Also publishing through IngramSpark? Their spine widths are different, so use the ",[173,174,176],"a",{"href":175},"\u002Ftools\u002Fpublishing\u002Fingramspark-cover-template","IngramSpark cover template",". To check the images inside your interior file, use the ",[173,179,181],{"href":180},"\u002Ftools\u002Fpdf\u002Fpdf-dpi-checker","PDF DPI checker",".",{"title":184,"searchDepth":185,"depth":185,"links":186},"",2,[187,188,189,190,191],{"id":12,"depth":185,"text":13},{"id":25,"depth":185,"text":26},{"id":102,"depth":185,"text":103},{"id":121,"depth":185,"text":122},{"id":164,"depth":185,"text":165},"Calculate Amazon KDP paperback cover dimensions and spine width, download a template and check your cover PDF.","md",{},true,"\u002Finpage\u002Fkdp-cover-calculator",{"title":5,"description":192},"inpage\u002Fkdp-cover-calculator","Hju3jbAMQOEWS24dFg1b4eM7B495rV5Fwysl5cNiLzE",1792934426689]